高考英语练习试题及答案(二)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

FOUR BEST BOOKSHOPS IN LONDON

Looking for something to read while in London? If so, you’re in luck: the British capital happens to have an incredible collection of bookshops.

Daunt Books

Are you going on a trip and want to read a novel or nonfiction book set in the place you’re headed? This bookshop arranges books by country, so it’s easy to find anything by place. (83 Marylebone High Street. Monday-Saturday: 09:00-19:30; Sunday: 11:00-18:00.)

Foyles Books

Dig, if you will, the picture: four miles of shelves holding up to 200,000 books. This legendary (传奇的) bookshop is impossible to leave empty-handed. It was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest bookshop on the planet. (107 Charing Cross Road. Monday-Saturday: 9:00-21:00; Sunday: 11:30-18:00.) Hatchards In the year 1797, this London bookshop—the oldest in the city today—first flicked on its lights. It stocks an excellent selection of fiction, nonfiction, history and other genres. (187 Piccadilly Street. Monday-Saturday: 09:30-20:00; Sunday: 12:00-18:30.)

London Review Bookshop

There’s an excellent selection of history, philosophy, politics, new fiction and many other genres her e. Plus, there’s a nice cafe in which you can crack open that tome (巨著) for the first time and start reading. (14 Bury Place. Monday-Saturday 10:00-18:30; Sunday 12:00-18:00.)

1. Which bookstore was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records?

A. Daunt Books.

B. Foyles Books.

C. Hatchards.

D. London Review Bookshop.

2. What is special about Hatchards?

A. It has a long history.

B. It has 200,000 books.

C. It has a cafe.

D. It has both fiction and nonfiction books.

3. Which place should you go to if you want to enjoy reading with a coffee?

A. 83 Marylebone High Street.

B. 107 Charing Cross Road.

C. 187 Piccadilly Street.

D. 14 Bury Place.

【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了伦敦最好的四个书店。

1. B 【解析】细节理解题。由第三段中It was once listed in the Guinness Book of World

Records.可知，Foyles Books被列入Guinness Book of World Records之中。故选B。

2.A 【解析】细节理解题。由第四段中In the year 1797, this London bookshop—the oldest

in the city today—first flicked on its lights.可知，Hatchards，这座城市最古老的的书店，1979年第一次营业。所以Hachards的特别之处是它历史悠久。故选A。

3. D 【解析】细节理解题。由最后一段there’s a nice cafe in which you can crack open

that tome (巨著) for the first time and start reading (14 Bury Place.

Monday-Saturday 10:00-18:30; Sunday 12:00-18:00.)可知，在14 Bury Place。你可以边喝咖啡边看书。故选D。

B

My daughter was being thrown out of the sixth grade. The teacher sai d to me, “She may not be up to what we’re trying to accomplish.” He was really saying she didn’t have the intelligence. I got mad because I knew she was smart, just as my father had known I was smart when I was failing in school. We had her tested and found that the troubles my daughter was having were the same as those I had had. I decided to get tested as well. She was dyslexic, and so was I. By then I was a successful television writer and producer. I’d won an Emmy for “The Rockford Files.”

Had I known earlier, though, that there was a reason beyond my control to explain why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late 20s and early 30s.

I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me.

I needed that praise because I was carrying around the failure in studies. I did badly in all my courses.

I once asked a friend who had always gotten an A, “How long did you study for this?” He said, “I didn’t. I just glanced at it.” So what do I take from that? He must be smarter than I am. I began to ask, “What will happen to me when I’m not good at anything?” Despite my doubts, I did become successful, and people now say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.”